Spuq-attachment for road-grader wheels



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W. L. HELLER.

SPUD ATTACHMENT FOR ROAD GRADER WHEELS. No. 356,584. Patented Jan. 25,1887.

WITNESSES."

IJVVEN TOR TTOR/VV UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. HELLER, or FORTWAYNE, Inn}, noAn MACHINE COMPANY, or .KnnnnrrAssIoNoR TO THE A ERICAN s uARE, PENNSYLVANIA.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,584, datedJanuary 25, 1887.

Application filed June 18, 1886. Serial No. 205.518. (hlo modeh)v To allwhom it nmy concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LEwIs HEL- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fort Wayne, in the count-yet Allen and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SpudAttack ments for Road-Grader W'heels, of which the followingis a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a section of wheelhaving my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a-scctionon line :0 .r.

This invention is an improvement in the manner of attaching and securingthe flanged pieces or spudsnpon the wheels of roadg ading machinessneh,forexample, as shown in Letters Patent No. 305.533, grantedSeptember 23, 1884, to Samuel Pen nook, assignor to S: Pennockii: SonsCompany, forimprovement in roadgraders. The object of these flangedspnds is to furnish a resistance to the lateral strain against thediagonal scraper-bar in road-grading machines by the flange of the spudssink grading machine, of the spud having the flange ing into the ground.

My invention, which, as above stated, consists in a particular manner ormeans of securing these spuds to the rims of the wheels, will appearfrom the following description and claim.

Referring to the annexed drawlngs, A isthe rim or felly of the wheel, Bthe tire, and G the spud, of usual form, dbeing its flange or part thatenters the earth when the machine is in operation, and e thecurved-plate portion, which is applied to the periphery of the wheel.

length equal to that of said plate. I then in;

sert the latter in the onset and secure the same I I Ins ad ot-seenringthe spnd'to'the'wheel by Ineans of bolts-or rivets passing through theplate c into the Rally, as shown in. said Pennook patent, I cutanofl'set, D'Jn the periphery of the felly, the depth of which offset isabout equal. to or preferably alittle less than the thickness of theplate-c, and its by means of a nail or screw, e, driven into the folly.All the spuds-having been thus placed in position, I then shrink on thetire B in the usual manner. The 'spuds are applied on that side of thewheel where the lateral pressure, when the machine is doing'worlr, willtend to force the flanges toward the wheel or tire; The edge of thelatter serves as a stop or abut? ment for the spud, and the screws ornails 6 may be dispensed with. I make use of these merely for thepurpose of holding the spuds in place when the tireis being applied.Having thus described my invention,*'-I '7 elai'rn The comninat-ion,with the wheel of a roadj and plate, together with the folly providedwith the offsets and the tire, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

v In testimony whereof I have hereunto; affixed my signature this 11thday of June, A. D. 1886.

WILLIAM L. HELLER.

-Witnesses:

THOMAS JACKSON, Tnos. MEEGAN.

